Fintech

Melbourne-Based Company Joins Rakuten's Portfolio of E-Commerce Solutions for Increasing Customer and Transaction Value Rakuten Inc. has completed the acquisition of Fillr, the world's most intelligent autofill service. Based in Melbourne, Australia, Fillr powers tens of millions of transactions monthly for the world's top e-commerce, fintech and 'buy now, pay later apps, including for Rakuten's shopping rewards and Cash Back destination in the United States and Canada. Terms of the acquisition, led by Rakuten Americas on…

With half a billion new digital applications predicted by 2023*, Rakuten gives sales and marketing the “DX factor” – transforming today’s business challenges into tomorrow’s digital experiences Rakuten, Inc. announced the rebranding of Rakuten Aquafadas as Rakuten DX, expanding its area of expertise to deliver premium digital experience services that transform the way businesses engage audiences. As the industry gears up for a predicted 500 million new digital applications over the next few years, Rakuten DX is perfectly…

Mswipe is adding more advanced financial technology features to support brick and mortar businesses in the e-commerce ecosystem. The leading fintech and payments services platform has announced adding PayByLink for contactless collections from customers, in addition to launching a free-to-use business website to enable small businesses and proprietors to go live online with their own website within minutes. These will help small local marketing and retail firms take full advantage of fintech capabilities and compete with…

Services to be Delivered Through PayLogiq™ eWallet and GoLogiq™ Hyper-Local Food Delivery Mobile Platforms Logiq, Inc., a global provider of eCommerce and fintech business enablement solutions, has partnered with Yabx, a fintech venture of Comviva and part of $5.2 billion Tech Mahindra, to offer credit-based financial services. The services will be offered through Logiq’s increasingly popular PayLogiq™ e-Wallet and GoLogiq™ hyper-local food delivery mobile platforms, and include cash advance for merchants and ‘buy now, pay…

Chubb announced the launch of Chubb Studio, a new global platform that will simplify and streamline the distribution of the company's insurance products through its partners' digital channels around the world. The platform enables Chubb's partners in retail, e-commerce, banking, fintech, airline, telecommunications and other industries to add digital insurance options to their own product and service offerings. Chubb Studio provides partner companies with digital access to Chubb's extensive range of consumer insurance…

Logiq, Inc., a global provider of eCommerce and fintech business enablement solutions, has promoted global Martech innovator, Tom Furukawa, to the position of chief executive officer of Logiq. He previously served as chief technology officer of the company’s DataLogiq subsidiary. Furukawa succeeds Brent Suen, who has been appointed executive chairman of Logiq and who will continue to serve as president. Matthew Burlage, who was previously chairman, will continue to serve as director and chair of the audit committee.…

Global IT services, consulting and business solutions organization, TCS has won the 2020 Gartner Communications Award. Gartner recognized and honored TC for its excellent campaign Digital Transformation with Business 4.0™. TCS won the award in the category “Excellence in Building a Corporate Brand”. At the time of this announcement, TCS CMO, Rajashree R, said, “We are delighted to receive this recognition from the expert jury. To showcase how our Business 4.0 thought leadership framework helps enterprises draw up their…

11 companies join the Start Path startup engagement program; nearly 50 new deals signed to Engage network to help customers make growth ambitions a reality Mastercard has announced the expansion of its Accelerate fintech portfolio, adding dynamic entrepreneurs to its award-winning startup engagement program Start Path and more technology partners to its Engage network, providing access to expert engineers and specialists that can help customers deploy new services quickly and efficiently. Mastercard helps emerging brands…

Newly appointed CTO and VP of Product are just some of the new hires Speech-to-text platform company Trint is pleased to announce two new members have joined its leadership team. Odhrán McConnell is the third person to join Trint's C suite and the new Chief Technology Officer. Odhrán spent nine years at The Guardian, bringing a detailed understanding of the intersection between global media companies and state-of-the-art technology. At Trint he will focus on growing the team and developing key processes to ensure…

Tevatel India's leading telecom software solutions provider has launched a disruptive cloud telephony platform (doocti), a utility tool that aims to revolutionise the sales support systems. As businesses adapt to the new normal, there have been numerous internal changes and alterations in the business processes for enhanced collaboration, flexibility, and business continuity. Marketing Technology News: Skafos.ai Appoints Jody Stoehr as Chief Revenue Officer as Part of Surging Sales Growth Enterprises, mid-sized firms,…

Delivering Innovative Payment Services in the Public Cloud Is Key to Conductor’s Growth Strategy ACI Worldwide, a leading global provider of real-time electronic payment and banking solutions, announced that Conductor, a leading Brazilian-based card processor, is spearheading its entrance into the Latin American acquiring market using ACI’s UP Retail Payments and UP Payments Risk Management solutions, which it will deploy in the public cloud powered by Microsoft Azure. Conductor, leading Brazilian card processor,…

In its bid to simplify ordering, payments and delivery of essentials during the lockdown, PayNearby, India’s fastest growing hyperlocal Fintech startup has now expanded its hyper local discovery and purchase app ‘BuyNearby’ to Pan India operations. The app has helped more than 2 lakh+ kirana shops across the country take their stores online. Besides the local kiranas, the platform hosts a wide range of retailers inclusive of -- groceries, pharmacies, sweet stores, supermarkets, milk & dairy products, branded specialty…

GoCardless, the leading fintech for recurring payments announces that 8x8, a leading integrated cloud communications platform provider, is using GoCardless to provide direct debit as a payment method to its customers worldwide. The company joins a growing number of SaaS businesses choosing GoCardless to power their global payments. 8x8 was looking to transition its direct debit offering to an online solution that would manage payments across multiple bank debit schemes and countries, to increase their visibility within…

MoneyGram International, Inc., a global leader in cross-border P2P payments and money transfers, today announced a partnership with E9Pay, one of the largest money transfer and payment fintech companies in Korea. The partnership enables E9Pay customers to connect to the MoneyGram platform and distribution network in over 200 countries and territories. The integration will especially benefit consumers who send money between Southeast Asia, Russia, and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS), which are the main corridors…

Affle (India) Limited, the leading consumer intelligence technology company, announced the appointment of Sujoy Golan as Chief of Marketing & Omnichannel Platforms to strengthen its leadership team. Sujoy will lead the marketing function and help drive the business growth for Affle’s omnichannel platforms on Software/Platform-as-a-Service business models. Sujoy Golan joins Affle with 14+ years’ experience in driving and scaling high-growth businesses across Fintech, SaaS, AdTech, and e-commerce industries. He has been a…

SmartCard Marketing Systems Inc, a leader in FinTech & PayTech platform specialized industry offerings, continues to expand its global payment acceptance rails and important part of its Brand As Your Own offerings. As Financial Institutions and Enterprises thrive to deliver seamless services to their merchants and customers, they require partners and providers such as SMKG to deploy alternative Payment Types ready to underwrite and launch their customers for b2b and b2c, with the added possibilities of p2p. Marketing…

dLocal, an award-winning fintech company that specializes in cross-border payments for emerging markets, announced it has partnered with Canadian e-commerce company Shopify to enable its SMB merchants to offer local payments methods in more than 19 currencies. Shopify develops computer software for online stores and retail point-of-sale systems. The partnership allows international e-commerce merchants the ability to accept local payment methods in emerging markets through dLocal’s payment processing network. dLocal’s…

XTM, Inc., a global fintech company providing mobile banking and payment card solutions is pleased to announce that its Today Mobile App and Card instant payout solution is being rolled out across Domino’s Pizza stores in Canada. With cash declining at a record pace in food delivery and quick serve restaurant (QSR) environments, now more than ever, workers need instant access to their pay. XTM’s Today Card and mobile wallet is a perfect solution for Domino’s delivery and in-store workers to get access to their hard-earned…

Global CPaaS company’s world-class innovation lab to be headed by two new senior executives With the growth of on-demand services and online transactions, there is a greater need for large companies to focus on delivering great mobile customer experience (CX). Global Cloud Communication Platform company, Kaleyra, Inc.(KLR WS), has strengthened its commitment to delivering solutions for the financial services industry with the launch of k-lab, a dedicated innovation lab for new product development to support enterprise…

Mapp Digital, the cloud-based digital marketing provider, has been appointed by fintech company Quint to help it to achieve long term business growth. Mapp won the brief in a competitive pitch that ended in a two-way battle against a cloud-based enterprise marketing provider. Quint’s digital marketing account was previously held by another cloud-based marketing vendor focused on cross-channel orchestration. Quint has integrated Mapp into its digital marketing strategy to help all four of its brands to achieve business…